Singapore vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 120 million TIV, or 3.11 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Singapore	Vietnam	World
2025	57 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	378 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	495 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	516 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	226 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	176 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	487 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	562 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	408 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	642 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	66 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	753 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	746 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	879 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	937 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.4 billion	61 million	24 billion
2008	1.11 billion	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	396 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	74 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	538 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	374 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	79 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	229 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	246 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	782 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	302 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	798 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	613 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	159 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	302 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	179 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	170 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	115 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	373 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	513 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	231 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	541 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	302 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	84 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	123 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	83 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	242 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	171 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	167 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	371 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	50 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	171 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	252 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	253 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	282 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	89 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	181 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	92 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	139 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	–	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	8 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	1 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	95 million	15 billion
1960	–	103 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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